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Jones, Brett D.; Wilkins, Jesse L. M.; Long, Margaret H.; Wang, Feihong – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2012
Blackwell et al. (Child Development 78(1):246-263, 2007) tested a motivational model of achievement in which an incremental theory of intelligence leads to learning goals and positive effort beliefs, which leads to fewer ability-based, helpless attributions, and more positive strategies, which leads to improved grades. In the present study, we…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Suburban Schools, Cognitive Processes, Child Development
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Egley, Robert J.; Jones, Brett D. – Rural Educator, 2004
This study examines how rural elementary school administrators perceive the effects of high-stakes testing in comparison to suburban and urban elementary administrators. High-stakes testing had a greater impact, both positively and negatively, on rural administrators than on their counterparts in suburban and urban schools. Specifically, the…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Test Results, Testing Programs, Testing